Crockett’s Breakfast Camp in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, which churns out huge home-cooked breakfasts and a fascinating hillbilly history, honors the work of the dedicated frontiersman and soldier David C. “Crockett” Maples (born in 1840) and his wife Mary R. Ogles, who were known for serving the best breakfast in the Smoky Mountains. Lumbering was a huge business in these parts. Lumberjack camps were rough places, and women were expected to turn out meals for their hungry husbands. When Maples returned from the Civil War in 1865, he and Mary had a small general store that helped supply necessities at the lumberjack camp in the Smokies. To grow their small business, they began making home-cooked breakfasts for anyone who came to Crockett’s camp. After World War II, the name of the town where they lived was changed to Gatlinburg. The breakfast menu here includes unusual ways of preparing traditional breakfast foods that …